Posted by boyo on Dec 23, 2010 21:59 (Dec 23, 2010 21:59)
When the Gameboy Color hit the shops back in the day I was there at the front of the queue forking out cash for Nintendo's new console. A color version of Zelda on the new console was what the doctor had ordered to heal my gaming woes. And although pretty much the same as its monochrome cousin, I was blissfully happy with the colorful fest that was Zelda: Links Awakening.
Literally hundreds of GBC landed on shelves in stores around the UK with not one of them so much as causing a single blink on my radar. Which was a shame as I missed out on some corking little games just like Santa Claus Junior?
This game is a platformer - so nothing new there then for the GBC you may say.
The game sees you take control of a little kid called Nick who has been drafted in by the scaredy cat Santa to save the day. As Saint Nicholas is trembling with fear under his empty sack, young Nick has to explore a total of 36 levels of colorful locations across Toyland, encountering toys and animals that have fallen under the spell of an evil witch who it seems has got bored with the depressing black's of Halloween and has invaded the colorful Christmas season instead.
The game throws more than 30 different enemies at Nick (go on count em!) as each of the levels is explored. The graphical theme of the game is very similar to that found in Robocod 2, which is a marvel for the low powered Gameboy and maintains interest, encouraging the player to keep exploring and ridding Toyland of all that is evil.
This game is definitely one that should be put in the stocking over the open fire for a loved one this Christmas. A Christmas gem.
